Customers' anger after diesel flows from petrol pumps at Tesco garage

Anger: Customers using the garage reported that their cars had broken down after they inadvertently filled up on petrol

Tesco has apologised after a tanker which was re-supplying one of the supermarket's garages accidentally put diesel into petrol pumps.

Over the weekend customers using the garage reported that their cars had broken down after they inadvertently filled up on Petrol.

In a statement, a spokesperson for Tesco said: "We are aware of an issue with the unleaded fuel being sold from our Bangor store on Saturday afternoon.

"We are investigating what happened and would like to apologise to any inconvenienced customers.

"We are working to contact all affected customers and will work with them on an individual basis to resolve their problems.

"Where we are found to have been at fault we will, of course, cover the costs of any repairs needed to customers' vehicles."

One of the drivers who was affected by the mix up contacted the BBC's Stephen Nolan Show to vent her frustration.

She said: "Sunday, one o'clock in the morning, out with the AA trying to get my car fixed.

"I'm 22 weeks pregnant, so being out at one o'clock in the morning trying to get my car fixed, which took about an hour, wasn't great,

"Obviously the stress of having to deal with it all, wondering how I'm going to get the kids to school, get to work myself."

It wasn't until Danielle saw a post about the Tesco garage on Facebook that she realised that the wrong fuel had come out of the pump.

She explained: "I was in store on Sunday afternoon and the girl who worked there was actually a lot more helpful than their helpline was and explained that the unleaded tanker that was there was filled with diesel and filled all the pumps full of it.

"There were loads of people in, they were giving out contact numbers for people to drain their cars.

"They were a lot more helpful but I still had to pay 200 odd pounds to get it fixed.

"Apparently it was from 11 o'clock that morning, that's what the girl in the store said and I think they closed the pump later on that evening."